The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-27
THE INTERSTATE ENCAlTPHiENT.
The Progress Making in PerfectinS the Ar
.angemcnts--The Farmers Should Attend IN
Large Numbers.
Carolina Spartau.)

Last week Major D. r. Duncan, J. W.
Wofford and Commissioner Butler, on in
vitation of the Governor and Commissioner
of Agriculture of Georgia, attended meet
ing of Georgia farmers in Atlanta. That
meeting was called to consider the condi-
ton of the farming interests and make ar
rangemcnts for a fair in Atlanta. This
does not come in competition with the in.
ter-State encampment at this place. Major
Duncan explained to the meeting what pro-
grcSS We had made here and they looked
very favorably on the enterprise, and stated
that Georgia would be represented. Satur.
day afternoon, there was a meeting Of the
Stockholders Of the Encampment in the
Court House DR.. Fleming, chairman of
the Trustees stated that some of the sub
scribers had failed to pay the amounts
promised and that in order to make all
preparations necessary more money was
needed. \ motion was carried to issue as
much as thirty shares of preferred stock,
at $50. 90 share This preferred stock is
to come in first in the payment of dividends
up to eight per cent. The Association re-
serves the right at any time to redeem the
stock, paying interest at the rate of ten per
cent. but it is not bound to pay interest or
dividends unless the money is made. Sev-
cral questions looking 10 the success of the
enterprise were discussed. Large manu-
facturcrs have been writing letters asking
about the space allowed for the exhibition
will be allowed to come There are sew
eral things that will contribute to the sue
cess of this encampment. First and fore
nff &c,
and We cannot draw these from distant
States or counties the first year. The faFza=>
crs Of Spartanburg county are called on to
make this success. If 500 Of them will
build tents and move their families in for
one week and that fact is known before
land, the manufacturers Will come with
machinery and there will be all sorts of
patent contrivances on exhibition. 4 small
wooden tent that will give shelter to several
persons will cost so or $50. The farmers
in reach can come in the last of July and
build their own tents, either hauling lumber
from home or buying it on the ground.
All the poor farmers should attend, because
they may be able to learn something. AL
the good ones should certainly be there,
for their counsel will be needed. Those
living in the mineral belt of the county
should not only attend themselves but they
should have on exhibition specimens of the
minerals and ores Of the county. Our
neighbors across the State line should turn
out in force, for they are equally interested
with us in the movement. We hope to see
q hundred North Carolina families en-
camped here in August. The State exhibit
which will certainly be sent here is worth
losing several days to see. One may spend
hours looking at the mineral, animal and
vegetable products of the State. The
names Of several persons who are going to
build tents have been reported aud it is our
desire that they all be sent into this office.
Sometime in May their names will be pub
lished. Let them come in by the hundred.